ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- No.
12-ranked Michigan (4-4) went on a 6-1 run late in the
second half to pull out a hard-fought 13-10 victory over No.
14-ranked Pittsburgh (7-4). The game was a back-and-forth battle between
two top-ranked teams until the Wolverines netted four goals
in a row to open up an 11-9 lead.

Michigan jumped ahead early on freshman
Sam Zetlin's (Framingham,
Mass./Framingham) 22nd goal of the season
before Pittsburgh responded with three straight goals,
opening a 3-1 advantage.

The Wolverines answered with a goal
from junior Jess Stanley(Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Marian) to cut the
Pittsburgh lead to one.

With 8:08 remaining in the first half
Pittsburgh took a 4-2 lead on a free-position marker. The
Panthers converted both of their free-position opportunities
of the first half.

Making her first save of the game,
sophomore goalieEmmy
Scheidt (Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm) became
the program's all-time leader in career saves with 241 to
edge out Jackie Fu (2002-05).

The teams traded goals for the
remainder of the half as Pitt took 7-6 lead into the break.
Zetlin, Stanley and senior Amy Johnson (Washington,
D.C./Holton-Arms) each netted a pair of goals in the
first half for Michigan while Pitt's goals were spread among
seven different players.

Zetlin opened up the second half the
same way as the first to pick up her fifth hat-trick of the
year and knot the score at 7-7.

Pitt responded with a pair of goals to
take a 9-7 lead at the 21:48 mark before Michigan began its
run. Sophomore Alaina Mezwa(Rochester Hills, Mich./Sacred Heart) provided
the spark, taking the ball coast-to-coast, racing past the
entire Pitt defense for her sixth goal of the season. Mezwa
struck again on a free-position to tie the score at 9-9 with
14:12 to play.

At 10:32, junior tri-captain Britt Boehm(Rocky
River, Ohio/Magnificat) found the back of the net on a
free-position to give the Wolverines their first lead since
1-0.

Junior Rachel Killian(Plymouth,
Mich./Ladywood) made it four straight scores for Michigan off a
feed from Zetlin to give Michigan an 11-9 edge. Killian beat
the defense back in transition and Zetlin hit her in stride
for a breakaway opportunity.

Pitt closed to within one with another
free-position tally at the 5:30 mark but Michigan put the
game away with a patient offense that turned in two more
goals in the final minutes.

With the Wolverines working the ball
around the perimeter, Johnson managed to find freshman Rachel Stattler(Bloomfield
Hills, Mich./Sacred Heart) cut open across the middle
and Stattler finished top-left shelf to ice the game.

Johnson capped the scoring with her
third goal of the contest and 14th of the season
giving the Wolverines a 13-10 victory. Johnson's hat-trick
was her second in as many games.

Michigan will play its second game of
the day at 3:00 vs. Miami University. Michigan, Miami,
Michigan State, Pittsburgh and John Carroll are all taking
part in a day-long tournament at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse.

Game Notes: Zetlin and Johnson
each recorded hat-tricks for the Wolverines...Zetlin's
hat-trick was her fifth of the season...Zetlin scored
multiple goals for the eighth-consecutive game...With three
goals and one assist, Johnson extended her own
program-record for goals scored to 138 and points to
173...Boehm's goal was the 65th of her career and
moves her into a tie for fourth-place all-time with Ashley
Steitz (2005-08). She is one goal away from matching Noelle
Frazier (2004-07) for third place. Her 88 career points now
rank fifth all-time and she is also within one point of
Frazier for fourth place all-time in total points.